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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Today's Podcast 10/01/2009

Wood, Don. INTO THE VOLCANO : A GRAPHIC NOVELNew York : Blue Sky Press, 2008Two brothers, Duffy and Sumno Pugg, are sent to Hawaii to visit their mysterious aunt. Duffy is excited but Sumno is worried, he doesn’t know these so called relatives. The boys and their cousins are soon sent on an expedition to explore a volcano…. a dormant volcano that is waking up. The situation is dangerous when the expedition gets lost inside an erupting volcano. How will Duffy and Sumno escape? What will they find inside that volcano? (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2009-2010)

Riddell, Chris. OTTOLINE AND THE YELLOW CATNew York : HarperCollins, 2008IL 3-6, RL 4.3ISBN 0061448796Ottoline Brown is a problem solver. She’s always looking for something to do - work on a puzzle or figure out a clever plan. When Ottoline and Mr. Munroe (her best friend) learn that lapdogs are missing all over town, their adventure begins. Find those lapdogs and watch that yellow cat! (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2009-2010)